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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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The flowers have been delivered as directed

0 Which version is more correct?02br
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001: John, thank you very much for the favor. The flowers were delivered as directed. 02br
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002: John, thank you very much for the favor. The flowers have been delivered as directed. 0-
  

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0 I would be inclined to go with the first but replace "directed" with "requested". It seems more appropriate in the context, after all it's pretty impolite to "direct" someone to do you a favor. 0-

  • 0 I would be inclined to go with the first but replace "directed" with "requested".
  • It seems more appropriate in the context, after all it's pretty impolite to "direct" someone to do you a favor.
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0 I would be inclined to go with the first but replace "directed" with "requested". It seems more appropriate in the context, after all it's pretty impolite to "direct" someone to do you a favor. 0-

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